Moon City Review
@mooncityreview.bsky.social
Moon City Review is an annual print literary journal published by Moon City Press and sponsored by the Department of English at Missouri State University. MCR publishes fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, translations, graphic narratives, and reviews.
Last day to enter the @mooncitypress.bsky.social Moon City Short Fiction Award competition!
Moon City Press - The 2026 Moon City Short Fiction Award
• The Moon City Short Fiction Award is for an original collection of short fiction, written originally in English by a single or collaborative author.
• Individual pieces in the collection may be publ...
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June 15, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Last day to enter the @mooncitypress.bsky.social Moon City Short Fiction Award competition!
Last day to enter the 2026 @mooncitypress.bsky.social Moon City Poetry Award competition!
Moon City Press - The 2026 Moon City Poetry Award
• The Moon City Poetry Award is for an original collection of poems written in English by a single or collaborative author.
• Individual poems in the collection may be published in periodicals or may ...
mooncitypress.submittable.com
June 15, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Last day to enter the 2026 @mooncitypress.bsky.social Moon City Poetry Award competition!
Ten days left to enter the 2026 @mooncitypress.bsky.social Moon City Poetry Award competition!
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Moon City Press - The 2026 Moon City Poetry Award
• The Moon City Poetry Award is for an original collection of poems written in English by a single or collaborative author.
• Individual poems in the collection may be published in periodicals or may ...
mooncitypress.submittable.com
June 7, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Ten days left to enter the 2026 @mooncitypress.bsky.social Moon City Poetry Award competition!
mooncitypress.submittable.com/submit/33881...
mooncitypress.submittable.com/submit/33881...
Ten days left to enter the 2026
@mooncitypress.bsky.social
Moon City Short Fiction Award competition!
mooncitypress.submittable.com/submit/33881...
@mooncitypress.bsky.social
Moon City Short Fiction Award competition!
mooncitypress.submittable.com/submit/33881...
mooncitypress.submittable.com
June 7, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Ten days left to enter the 2026
@mooncitypress.bsky.social
Moon City Short Fiction Award competition!
mooncitypress.submittable.com/submit/33881...
@mooncitypress.bsky.social
Moon City Short Fiction Award competition!
mooncitypress.submittable.com/submit/33881...
New interview with @mooncitypress.bsky.social press.bsky.social author @kimmagowan.bsky.social gowan.bsky.social about her new collection, The Last Day, with @lukerolfes.bsky.social s.bsky.social at @laurelreview.bsky.social!
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Bluesky
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May 18, 2026 at 5:18 PM
New interview with @mooncitypress.bsky.social press.bsky.social author @kimmagowan.bsky.social gowan.bsky.social about her new collection, The Last Day, with @lukerolfes.bsky.social s.bsky.social at @laurelreview.bsky.social!
laurelreview.org/kim-magowan
laurelreview.org/kim-magowan
Students and professors! MissouriState has a new, fully funded MFA in Creative Writing and we're looking for students for THIS FALL. Come study with me and my amazing colleagues and work with @mooncitypress.bsky.social and
@mooncityreview.bsky.social! Contact us with questions today!
@mooncityreview.bsky.social! Contact us with questions today!
March 16, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Students and professors! MissouriState has a new, fully funded MFA in Creative Writing and we're looking for students for THIS FALL. Come study with me and my amazing colleagues and work with @mooncitypress.bsky.social and
@mooncityreview.bsky.social! Contact us with questions today!
@mooncityreview.bsky.social! Contact us with questions today!
This is going to be such an amazing event!
February 25, 2026 at 6:34 PM
This is going to be such an amazing event!
Excited to be bringing four new @mooncitypress.bsky.social
titles to the @awpwriter.org conference: a new issue of
@mooncityreview.bsky.social and new books by @ifeoluwaayandele.bsky.social, @joelhans.com, and
@kimmagowan.bsky.social.
titles to the @awpwriter.org conference: a new issue of
@mooncityreview.bsky.social and new books by @ifeoluwaayandele.bsky.social, @joelhans.com, and
@kimmagowan.bsky.social.
February 23, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Excited to be bringing four new @mooncitypress.bsky.social
titles to the @awpwriter.org conference: a new issue of
@mooncityreview.bsky.social and new books by @ifeoluwaayandele.bsky.social, @joelhans.com, and
@kimmagowan.bsky.social.
titles to the @awpwriter.org conference: a new issue of
@mooncityreview.bsky.social and new books by @ifeoluwaayandele.bsky.social, @joelhans.com, and
@kimmagowan.bsky.social.
Here's a cool new @jmwwjournal.bsky.social interview with @kimmagowan.bsky.social by Curtis Smith with lots of mentions of Kim's new @mooncitypress.bsky.social book, The Last Day, due out next month!
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Sweet Spots: An Interview with Kim Magowan by Curtis Smith
Bad decisions are my sweet spot.
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February 16, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Here's a cool new @jmwwjournal.bsky.social interview with @kimmagowan.bsky.social by Curtis Smith with lots of mentions of Kim's new @mooncitypress.bsky.social book, The Last Day, due out next month!
jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2026/02/16/s...
jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2026/02/16/s...
Preorder alert! Snag your copy of @joelhans.com's The Bedtime Emptying of Our World, winner of @mooncitypress.bsky.social's 2024 Moon City Short Fiction Award!
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The Bedtime Emptying of Our World
Short Stories
Joel Hans
978-0-913785-69-0 Paper
February 2026
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January 12, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Preorder alert! Snag your copy of @joelhans.com's The Bedtime Emptying of Our World, winner of @mooncitypress.bsky.social's 2024 Moon City Short Fiction Award!
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Happy to see three @mooncitypress.bsky.social authors/friends in this new @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social anthology: @andrewbertaina.bsky.social, @sfreligh.bsky.social, and Michelle Ross!
A ton of @mooncityreview.bsky.social contributors, too!
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A ton of @mooncityreview.bsky.social contributors, too!
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Best Microfiction
The Best Microfiction anthology series provides recognition for outstanding literary stories of 400 words or fewer.
www.bestmicrofiction.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Happy to see three @mooncitypress.bsky.social authors/friends in this new @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social anthology: @andrewbertaina.bsky.social, @sfreligh.bsky.social, and Michelle Ross!
A ton of @mooncityreview.bsky.social contributors, too!
www.bestmicrofiction.com
A ton of @mooncityreview.bsky.social contributors, too!
www.bestmicrofiction.com
Congrats to @rachel-weinhaus.bsky.social, whose story that originally appeared in @mooncityreview.bsky.social has been selected for @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social 2026! Thanks to Guest Editor Diane Seuss and series editors @gary79.bsky.social and @megpokrass.bsky.social!
www.bestmicrofiction.com
www.bestmicrofiction.com
Best Microfiction
The Best Microfiction anthology series provides recognition for outstanding literary stories of 400 words or fewer.
www.bestmicrofiction.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Congrats to @rachel-weinhaus.bsky.social, whose story that originally appeared in @mooncityreview.bsky.social has been selected for @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social 2026! Thanks to Guest Editor Diane Seuss and series editors @gary79.bsky.social and @megpokrass.bsky.social!
www.bestmicrofiction.com
www.bestmicrofiction.com
Congrats to @mooncityreview.bsky.social's 2025 @pushcartprize.bsky.social nominees: Mikaela Hagen, @gabrielwelsch.bsky.social, @jstewartmiller.bsky.social, @duffusmatthew.bsky.social, Claire Hero, and @kellypedro.bsky.social.
Good luck!
Good luck!
December 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Congrats to @mooncityreview.bsky.social's 2025 @pushcartprize.bsky.social nominees: Mikaela Hagen, @gabrielwelsch.bsky.social, @jstewartmiller.bsky.social, @duffusmatthew.bsky.social, Claire Hero, and @kellypedro.bsky.social.
Good luck!
Good luck!
Time to preorder My Father Paints His Dreams on My Body by
@ifeoluwaayandele.bsky.social, winner of the 2024
@mooncitypress.bsky.social Moon City Poetry Award! Coming in early January—reserve your copy today!
www.uapress.com/product/my-f...
@ifeoluwaayandele.bsky.social, winner of the 2024
@mooncitypress.bsky.social Moon City Poetry Award! Coming in early January—reserve your copy today!
www.uapress.com/product/my-f...
My Father Paints His Dreams on My Body
Poems
The 2024 Moon City Poetry Award
978-0-913785-71-3 Paper
January 2026
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December 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Time to preorder My Father Paints His Dreams on My Body by
@ifeoluwaayandele.bsky.social, winner of the 2024
@mooncitypress.bsky.social Moon City Poetry Award! Coming in early January—reserve your copy today!
www.uapress.com/product/my-f...
@ifeoluwaayandele.bsky.social, winner of the 2024
@mooncitypress.bsky.social Moon City Poetry Award! Coming in early January—reserve your copy today!
www.uapress.com/product/my-f...
@mooncitypress.bsky.social poet @tms2072.bsky.social is doing a virtual poetry reading tonight for the Missouri State University English Department at 7 p.m., CT. The Zoom Webinar address is in the attached flier. Come on out and hear Tina read her fabulous poems!
September 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
@mooncitypress.bsky.social poet @tms2072.bsky.social is doing a virtual poetry reading tonight for the Missouri State University English Department at 7 p.m., CT. The Zoom Webinar address is in the attached flier. Come on out and hear Tina read her fabulous poems!
@mooncitypress.bsky.social author @tms2072.bsky.social reads this coming Wed., Sept. 24, at 7 p.m., CT, via Zoom! Or if you're in Springfield, come watch her on the big screen! Where and how on the attachment, but the Webinar link is missouristate.zoom.us/j/87080217436.
September 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
@mooncitypress.bsky.social author @tms2072.bsky.social reads this coming Wed., Sept. 24, at 7 p.m., CT, via Zoom! Or if you're in Springfield, come watch her on the big screen! Where and how on the attachment, but the Webinar link is missouristate.zoom.us/j/87080217436.
Congratulations to @joelhans.bsky.social for being named winner of the 2024 @mooncitypress.bsky.social Moon City Short Fiction Award for his story collection, The Bedtime Emptying of Our World. This collection will be published by MCP later this year and Hans will receive the $1000 prize.
May 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Congratulations to @joelhans.bsky.social for being named winner of the 2024 @mooncitypress.bsky.social Moon City Short Fiction Award for his story collection, The Bedtime Emptying of Our World. This collection will be published by MCP later this year and Hans will receive the $1000 prize.
Congrats to @audrakerrbrown.bsky.social , whose story "How to Bake a Cake in Outer Space" from @mooncityreview.bsky.social 2025, has been selected for Best Small Fictions 2025! Thanks to Robert Shapard, Nathan Leslie, and Michelle Elvy for this honor!
The Best Small Fictions
Overview and guidelines for the Best Small Fictions annual series, published by Alternating Current Press.
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May 21, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Congrats to @audrakerrbrown.bsky.social , whose story "How to Bake a Cake in Outer Space" from @mooncityreview.bsky.social 2025, has been selected for Best Small Fictions 2025! Thanks to Robert Shapard, Nathan Leslie, and Michelle Elvy for this honor!
One month left to submit to the @mooncitypress.bsky.social Moon City Short Fiction Award!
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Moon City Press - The 2025 Moon City Short Fiction Award
• The Moon City Short Fiction Award is for an original collection of short fiction, written originally in English by a single or collaborative author.
• Individual pieces in the collection may be publ...
mooncitypress.submittable.com
May 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
One month left to submit to the @mooncitypress.bsky.social Moon City Short Fiction Award!
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mooncitypress.submittable.com/submit/32401...
@mooncitypress.bsky.social '24 Short Fiction finalists:
@sudhab.bsky.social
@patriciaqbidar.bsky.social
Famous Chukwuemeka
@elissafield.bsky.social
Carrie Grinstead
@joelhans.bsky.social
@abbymanzella.bsky.social
@magicmikewrites.bsky.social
Matthew Purdy
@jenn-rossmann.bsky.social
Zachary Vickers
@sudhab.bsky.social
@patriciaqbidar.bsky.social
Famous Chukwuemeka
@elissafield.bsky.social
Carrie Grinstead
@joelhans.bsky.social
@abbymanzella.bsky.social
@magicmikewrites.bsky.social
Matthew Purdy
@jenn-rossmann.bsky.social
Zachary Vickers
May 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
@mooncitypress.bsky.social '24 Short Fiction finalists:
@sudhab.bsky.social
@patriciaqbidar.bsky.social
Famous Chukwuemeka
@elissafield.bsky.social
Carrie Grinstead
@joelhans.bsky.social
@abbymanzella.bsky.social
@magicmikewrites.bsky.social
Matthew Purdy
@jenn-rossmann.bsky.social
Zachary Vickers
@sudhab.bsky.social
@patriciaqbidar.bsky.social
Famous Chukwuemeka
@elissafield.bsky.social
Carrie Grinstead
@joelhans.bsky.social
@abbymanzella.bsky.social
@magicmikewrites.bsky.social
Matthew Purdy
@jenn-rossmann.bsky.social
Zachary Vickers
The @mooncitypress.bsky.social reading tonight at 6 has a door access code! Hope to see you there!
March 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The @mooncitypress.bsky.social reading tonight at 6 has a door access code! Hope to see you there!
You can get an advanced copy of @sfreligh.bsky.social's Other Emergencies from @mooncitypress.bsky.social if you're at the AWP Bookfair this week, or you can preorder here!
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Other Emergencies
Stories by Sarah Freligh
The 2025 Moon City Press Editors Choice Selection
978-0-913785-65-2 Paper
April 2025
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March 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
You can get an advanced copy of @sfreligh.bsky.social's Other Emergencies from @mooncitypress.bsky.social if you're at the AWP Bookfair this week, or you can preorder here!
www.uapress.com/product/othe...
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New @mooncityreview.bsky.social
glued, drying, ready to be cut for LA!
glued, drying, ready to be cut for LA!
March 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
New @mooncityreview.bsky.social
glued, drying, ready to be cut for LA!
glued, drying, ready to be cut for LA!
@mooncitypress.bsky.social's AWP reading will feature @andrewbertaina.bsky.social, @avitusbcarle.bsky.social, Clayton Clark, @sfreligh.bsky.social, Jeannine Hall Gailey, @kimmagowan.bsky.social, @artichokeheart.bsky.social, Michelle Ross, and @tms2072.bsky.social! Details on the attached flier!
March 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
@mooncitypress.bsky.social's AWP reading will feature @andrewbertaina.bsky.social, @avitusbcarle.bsky.social, Clayton Clark, @sfreligh.bsky.social, Jeannine Hall Gailey, @kimmagowan.bsky.social, @artichokeheart.bsky.social, Michelle Ross, and @tms2072.bsky.social! Details on the attached flier!